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Cady Finlayson

About Me

Cady Finlayson specializes in "Spirited Irish fiddle with a global twist", blending traditional Irish fiddle tunes with American folk and world music influences.She has fiddled in places such as Carnegie Hall, Cleveland's State Theatre, the Brooklyn Museum of Art and 33 states. Her playing can also be heard in films ("The Emerald Diamond", "Snakes and Ladders", Random Acts") and even an exercise video (Eirerobics.com). Cady's three CDs have attracted listeners from Australia to Japan. Her latest CD, "Irish Coffee" was called "delightful and spirited" and was nominated for Best Celtic CD by the 2007 NAR lifestyle awards. Cady holds a Master of Music degree from Mannes College of Music in New York City and has played since her childhood in Seattle.Cady performs both as a duo (Cady Finlayson & Vita Tanga) and also with her full band. The Cady Finlayson Band performs at concerts and private functions. Her talented bandmembers include Dublin-born singer Marina Meyler, French guitarist Vita Tanga, accordian player John Redmond and Tim Alworth on percussion. In addition to her live shows with her own band, Cady works as a recording artist and plays for the Police Pipes and Drums of Bergen County. For more information and to join the mailing list, please visit www.cadyfinlayson.com
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Member Since: 23/08/2006
Band Website: www.cadyfinlayson.com
Band Members: Cady Finlayson & Vita Tanga (duo) Full band show with Marina Meyler-vocals, banjo,Vita Tanga, guitar John Redmond, accordian, Tim Alworth percussion and all sorts of guest artists.
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Influences: Martin Hayes, Youssou N'Dour, Brian Conway, Matt Cranitch, American folk music
Sounds Like: Slide show Photos by Steve CampbellThe Jalopy Theatre Brooklyn, New YorkEast Providence, Rhode Island
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Kid's baseball

I love baseball. I was introduced to it from an early age when the Seattle Mariners first started. They had low attendance at the time so offered free tickets to anyone with a certain grade point in s...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:08:00 GMT

Spirited Irish fiddle/guitar duo ousted by the "Black Panties"

Vita and I are doing a fiddle/guitar West Coast trip in July, and  we were looking to fill in a few afternoon dates, so I applied for this neighborhood street festival. It was one of those where yo...
Posted by on Sat, 23 May 2009 22:24:00 GMT

Music workshops for the real world

We'll be doing some Irish fiddle/guitar workshops in Seattle in July (Dustystrings.com) and while thinking about the wording for the workshops, I thought about some other ones we could do..for the rea...
Posted by on Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:40:00 GMT

Scotland the Brave: Coming to NYC on Thurs April 9th

This show is not-to-be-missed. The beautiful music of Scotland, with orchestra, chorus, pipes, drums, dancers....and it's coming to New York City on Thursday April 9th (Lincoln Center). Visit www.scot...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:23:00 GMT

St. Patrick's Day (month) in New York City

We have one more March show this weekend in Trumbull, CT, and that will conclude the March Madness that takes place in New York City. It was a good month.We started out in Staten Island, playing for a...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:53:00 GMT

Highlights from the Folk Alliance Conference

Vita and I just got back fromMemphis where we attended the Folk Alliance International Conference -a huge music conference that includes "folk music" of every variety. We never did make it to see Grac...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Mar 2009 10:01:00 GMT

That's how we got to Memphis: Folk Alliance Conference or Elvis?

Today Vita (my guitarist) and I are going to Memphis for the annual Folk Alliance Music Conference. This is a huge conference for anyone involved in folk music. This particular conference seems to att...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:48:00 GMT

Valentine's Day: the heart-shaped meatloaf

When I was a kid, my mom always made a big deal about Valentine's Day. We had the table set with pink and red napkins/tablecloth and there was a heart-shaped meatloaf with red ketchup on the top. My s...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Feb 2009 06:06:00 GMT

Surviving the doom and gloom in New York City

Yesterday I had a rehearsal with my guitarist who lives in Clinton Hill (otherwise known as Bed-Stuy).    When I got out of the subway there were helicopters hovering everywhere - I felt as if I were ...
Posted by on Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:06:00 GMT

Welcoming the New Year

I was in Seattle for New Year's Eve and we all decided to prepare for 2009 by making three lists. 1. Regrets/disappointments from 20082. Happy moments/things we were proud of in 20083. Our hopes and w...
Posted by on Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:19:00 GMT